what do you think of philippines's largest publicly listed food, beverage and packaging company?

considering it generates approx. 3.6% of philippines GDP, do you think the corporation should be broken up to generate competition or is it our pride and joy?

and why is it the company has not warred outside asia, i don't think the issue is about quality, as i firmly believe it makes the best range of beer's in the world.

LOL @ monopoly.

There main market is Pacific and Asia which are growing. European market is harder to break through with all the competition and EU regulations. Its not really worth it. But there products are in US.

Problem with breaking up the monopoly is you might be flooded by foreign competition. Foreign companies tend to like to take profits home.

Considering europeans are hardcore beer drinkers and arguably the most prolific drinkers in the world, I seriously think they should attempt and break this market as I firmly believe the San Miguel beer range (Pale Pilsen especially) are the best in the world. The quality and cheapness of Filipino beer (not the spanish san miguel beer crap) will take care of the competition.

it is a monopoly...

define monopoly (your version).

That's for San Miguel to decide. I suggest they The Cojuanco's should corner the African market, or buy out the Spanish San Miguel. The thing is I don't know if SanMig can compete with Corona.

there's approximately 200,000 filipinos in united kingdom alone and roughly the same numbers of filipino diaspora throughout the rest of europe. so,for filipinos like me who want to taste something from home,i would certainly choose san miguel pale pilsen or red horse etc in shops as opposed to competitors - i think with the population of filipinos i've mentioned,we can safely say it would have a good foundation of customers? not to mention its superior taste and presumably low cost as well (if brewed here),which i'm sure will attract new customers.

the new and cheaper polish beers which have been newly introduced,are currently enjoying unprecedented growth in sales here in the UK. so,why can't pinoy beers? which taste even better and i'm not being biased here as i've tried polish beers and they tend to be stronger but lack in taste.

there's no need to be a direct competitor of corona beer,as they tend to specialized in "light beer" whilst the san miguel have a very diverse range of beers.

can you tell why the african market is a good proposition? considering its usually poor infrastructure and a question mark on its target customers,compare to europeans who are more hardcore drinkers,especially around eastern europe all the way to russia.

the spanish san miguel is a disgrace copycat as far as i'm concerned.

i'm merely suggesting with points that i feel worthwhile to risk,i don't really know if the word "risk" is the proper word to use considering the turnover and profit margin of san miguel corporation is the hundreds of millions of dollars.

Danding Cojuanco is a crony of marcos

I see on TV sometime ago, a pinoy in europe i forgot which country importing local philippine goods and selling them there to the local filipino population and he was making fortunes.

What monopoly?

For beer, there's Asia Brewery.
For ice cream, there's Selecta.